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Were you able to experience watching strangers or even your favorite celebrities eating large quantities of food on Youtube? This is a kind of eating show called “Mukbang or Meokbang” in Korean. It is an online audiovisual broadcast in which a host (mukbangers) eats a large amount of food while there is an interaction with the viewers. Since 2010, this has become a global trend and hits its popularity in South Korea. Varieties of foods ranging from pizza, seafoods to noodles are consumed by the mukbangers while talking in front of their camera.
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Lately, it has been a common sight for households to have plastic flatware/dishwares made from melamine. This is because it is cheaper and comes in various designs but has been a center of controversy for years now especially when used as a food ware. Melamine dishware is commonly known as Melaware and by chance, a byproduct of the coal industry. It is utilized within the fabrication of plates, glasses, bowls, utensils, plastic items, mechanical coatings, and paper items. In some countries, it has been used as a fertilizer but not approved for use in the U.S. Now, let us scrutinize more about Melamine and try to figure out if it does have bad implications for our overall health.
Melamine is a nitrogen-based compound utilized by numerous producers to form a number of items, particularly plastic dishware. This too has been used as materials in making utensils, countertops, plastic products, dry-erase boards, and paper products. While melamine is broadly found in many things, a few individuals have raised safety concerns that the compound might be toxic. The safety issue is that melamine can move from the plates to foods and lead to accidental consumption. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has conducted safety tests on melamine items. The assessment includes measuring the amount of melamine mixed into foods when melamine material is kept at high temperatures against the foods for a certain period. The FDA did discover that acidic foods, such as orange juice or tomato-based items, tended to have higher levels of melamine reactions than non-acidic ones.
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No need for big space is necessary to start a garden where you can plant and harvest your foods. Indeed, a thought to consider because in every problem there is always a solution. Introducing the easy-to-do home gardening system. In this kind of gardening, you do not need that many square meters of land to cultivate. All you need to have is to be innovative in expanding your resources, patience, hard work, and a daily dose of sunlight and water.
In general, home gardening is defined as the cultivation of a small portion of land which may be around the household or distance away from your home. It can be described as a mixed cropping approach that includes fruits, vegetables, crops, herbs, spices, medicinal plants as well as livestock like chickens and hogs that may serve as the primary source of food and income.
Read more: Winning our battle against Food Insecurity through HOME gardening
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The stool comes in an extent of colors. All shades of brown and even green are considered ordinary. As it were once in a while does stool color demonstrate a possibly serious intestinal or even a health condition? Stool color is, for the most part, affected by what you eat as well as by the amount of bile — a yellow-green liquid that digests fats which may also goes with your stool. As bile colors travel through your gastrointestinal tract, they are chemically modified by chemicals, changing the colors from green to brown.
An "ordinary" stool can be an assortment of diverse colors. With that said, the foremost common colors extend from dark brown to light brown. However, the following colors are considered unusual and may prompt you to consider seeing your health provider:
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When you have recurrent, unexpected panic attacks, you have panic disorder. When you experience sudden, overpowering terror for no apparent reason, you may be having a panic attack. Physical symptoms such as a racing heart, breathing difficulty, and sweating may also be present. A panic attack is defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) as "an abrupt rush of extreme fear or intense discomfort that reaches a climax within minutes." Most of us have panic attacks at least once in our lives. This is backed up by a study by Andreas J. Forstner and colleagues. According to research published in 2019, 2 to 4% of persons suffering from panic disorder.
According to Mayo Clinic, panic attacks usually occur suddenly and without notice. They can strike while you're driving, shopping at the mall, asleep, or in the middle of a work meeting. You may suffer from panic episodes occasionally or on a regular basis. There are many various kinds of panic attacks, but the symptoms usually peak within minutes. After a panic episode has passed, you may feel tired and worn out. Mayo Clinic further emphasized that panic attacks are characterized by a sensation of impending doom or danger, dread of loss of control or death, a racing heart, sweating, trembling, or shaking, shortness of breath or tightness in the throat, chills, hot flashes, and nausea, among other signs and symptoms.
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Read more: NNC 9 reinforces OPT Plus skills of LNWs through R9 CARAVAN
On January 28, 2022, the National Nutrition Council Region IX (NNC 9) successfully conducted the Region IX Coaching, Assisting, and Reaching Advocates Virtually to Advance in Nutrition (R9 CARAVAN) for Local Nutrition Workers (LNWs) – Session 3. This activity was held via Google meet from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to further enhance their capacities in doing OPT+. This initiative started last September 4, 2021, followed by a follow-though activity on October 7, 2021. It was participated by a total of five hundred ninety-one (591) Zamboanga Peninsula Nutrition Action Officers (NAOs), Local Nutrition Program Coordinators (LNPCs), Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs), other local nutrition program implementers, and NNC 9 staff.
